Pennsylvania · Real estate exam prep
20 free Pennsylvania practice questions with no signup required. When you're ready for more, the full RealReady bank has 1,085 questions for the 2026 exam that cover both national principles and Pennsylvania law.
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Correct: C 5 brokers
PREC has 11 members total, including 5 licensed real estate brokers who must each have at least 10 years of licensure at appointment. The remaining seats go to 3 public members, 1 cemetery broker, and 2 ex officio members.
Correct: C Any person
Anyone can file a complaint with PREC against a licensee. There is no requirement that the complainant be a party to a transaction or hold a license.
Correct: B Fraudulent or deceptive conduct
The Recovery Fund compensates members of the public harmed by a licensee's fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest conduct. It does not cover honest mistakes, negligence, or poor performance.
Correct: C Expired — passing scores are valid 3 years
An applicant must have passed each part of the salesperson examination within 3 years before submitting a completed license application (49 Pa. Code 35.223). At 40 months the scores are stale and both parts must be retaken.
Correct: C 30 days or before conveyance
Act 52 gives sellers the right to cancel a wholesale contract until the sooner of midnight on the 30th day after execution or conveyance of the property. Wholesalers cannot cause sellers to waive this right.
Correct: B At first substantive contact
The Consumer Notice is due at the initial interview, which RELRA defines as the first contact between a licensee and a consumer where a substantive discussion about real estate needs occurs (RELRA 608(a)).
Correct: D Honest and fair dealing
Honest and fair dealing is owed to ALL parties in a transaction, regardless of agency. Loyalty, confidentiality, and obedience are fiduciary duties owed only to clients (principals).
Correct: D Freely negotiable between parties
Commission rates in Pennsylvania are freely negotiable. There are no fixed or standardized rates set by law, regulation, or any industry organization. Any agreement on rates is between the parties.
Correct: D Business name AND telephone number
PA requires every advertisement to include the employing broker's business name AND telephone number. Both must be equal in size to the agent's name and number in the advertisement.
Correct: B End of business Thursday
Pennsylvania requires brokers to deposit funds into escrow by the end of the next business day following receipt. Received Wednesday → deposited by end of business Thursday.
Correct: D Guaranteeing future profits from real estate
A licensee may not give assurances or advice about a transaction that the licensee knows or should know is improbable, which is what a guaranteed future profit is (49 Pa. Code 35.282(a)). Flat fees, consented dual agency, and compliant social media ads are all legal.
Correct: A 1 to 4 dwelling units
The Residential Real Estate Transfers Law reaches transfers of property with not less than one and not more than four residential dwelling units (68 Pa.C.S. 7103(a)). Larger residential buildings and commercial property fall outside it.
Correct: D PA Human Relations Commission (PHRC)
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) is the state agency responsible for investigating fair housing complaints under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
Correct: D PA Association of Realtors (PAR)
The PAR Standard Agreement of Sale (Form ASR) is the most commonly used residential purchase contract for 1-4 unit properties in Pennsylvania. It is published by the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors.
Correct: D The 5th day
The purchaser may cancel until midnight of the fifth day following the date the purchase contract was executed (RELRA 609(a)). The right must be printed in boldface immediately above the purchaser's signature and separately initialed.
Correct: D 2 months' rent
During the first year of tenancy, the landlord may collect a maximum security deposit of 2 months' rent. This decreases to 1 month's rent starting in the second year.
Correct: A 1% of the sale price
The state transfer tax is 1%. Local municipalities and school districts typically add another 1%, bringing the standard total to 2%. Philadelphia has a higher local rate.
Correct: D $1,000 per violation
RELRA caps the fine PREC may levy under its own act at $1,000 per violation. A separate authority, 63 Pa.C.S. 3108(b)(4), lets the Commission levy up to $10,000 per violation, and recent PREC orders use that higher ceiling.
Correct: C Immediate license revocation
Investigation outcomes are no action, consent agreement, or formal charges. License revocation can only occur after a formal hearing process, not as an immediate investigation result.
Correct: D A court judgment against the licensee
A claimant must first obtain a final court judgment against the licensee for fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit. The application to the Fund follows only after all proceedings, including reviews and appeals, have terminated (RELRA 803(a)).
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About the exam
Pennsylvania scores its national and state-law portions separately, so a strong national score does nothing for you if the state half sinks you. That makes Pennsylvania-specific prep matter as much as the national material.
Pennsylvania tests its own rules in ways a national course never touches. Pennsylvania's Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, the Consumer Notice and agency disclosure rules, the Real Estate Recovery Fund, the Real Estate Seller Disclosure Law, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, and the Commission's rules on advertising, escrow accounts, and prohibited conduct all show up on the state portion. None of that looks like the material a candidate in a neighboring state studies. A generic real estate practice test won't cut it. You need Pennsylvania-specific practice questions.
FAQ
The Pennsylvania salesperson exam has 120 scored questions split into two parts, an 80-question national portion and a 40-question Pennsylvania state portion. Pearson VUE administers both for the Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission, and the two sections are scored separately. A handful of unscored pretest questions are mixed in that don't count toward your result.
You need 75% on each portion, scored separately. That works out to 60 of 80 correct on the national section and 30 of 40 correct on the Pennsylvania state section. If you pass one part and fail the other, you only retake the part you failed, so every question on your practice test matters.
The combined salesperson exam fee is $52 when you schedule the national and state portions together on the same order, which earns Pearson VUE's combination discount. Booked on separate orders they run $52 for the national part and $49 for the state part. Exam fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Three and a half hours total. You get 150 minutes for the 80-question national portion and 60 minutes for the 40-question Pennsylvania state portion. The two sections can be scheduled back to back or on different days within your authorization period.
The Pennsylvania Real Estate Salesperson Licensing Examination is administered by Pearson VUE for the Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission. You register and schedule your exam date through Pearson VUE.
It has a reputation as one of the harder state exams, and the two-portion format is a big part of why. You have to clear 75% on both the national and the Pennsylvania law sections, and a strong national score won't rescue a weak state score. Most people who fail underestimated the Pennsylvania-specific material, the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, the Commission's rules, agency disclosure, the Recovery Fund, and the Seller Disclosure Law, and leaned too heavily on national principles. Honest practice on Pennsylvania-specific questions is the difference between passing on the first try and paying to retake a portion.
The 80-question national portion covers real property characteristics, ownership and transfer of title, valuation and appraisal, contracts and agency, real estate practice, property disclosures and environmental issues, financing and settlement, and real estate math. The 40-question Pennsylvania portion is weighted toward the rules that govern licensee activity (advertising, broker-salesperson relations, escrow accounts, and prohibited conduct), agency and disclosure, licensure, the Real Estate Commission and Recovery Fund, and miscellaneous topics like property disclosures, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, and condominium and planned-community law.
After you finish your 75-hour pre-license coursework, the highest-leverage thing you can do is grind through Pennsylvania-specific practice questions with honest feedback on every miss. Generic real estate practice tests help with the national portion but won't catch you on Pennsylvania's licensing law, agency rules, and disclosure requirements. The RealReady app gives you the full Pennsylvania question bank, plus progress tracking and a missed-question mode so you can drill your weak spots. Most users study 30 to 60 minutes a day for a few weeks before sitting the exam.
The 20 Pennsylvania practice questions on this page are free, no account or signup needed. Unlocking the rest of the Pennsylvania bank is a single in-app purchase you pay once and own, with no recurring charge and no time limit on access.
Yes. RealReady has a dedicated Pennsylvania question bank built for the Pennsylvania real estate exam, covering the national principles every candidate sees plus the Pennsylvania law that trips people up, like the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, the Consumer Notice and agency disclosure rules, and the Real Estate Recovery Fund.
No. RealReady is exam practice, not a pre-license course, so it doesn't count toward Pennsylvania's required pre-license education hours. Use it after or alongside your coursework to drill realistic practice questions and find your weak spots before exam day.
